the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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THE MESSAGE
Acts 6:11
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Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
Then they suborned men which said, We haue heard him speake blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
So they secretly urged some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak against Moses and against God."
Then [to attack him another way] they secretly instructed men to say, "We have heard this man [Stephen] speak blasphemous (slanderous, sacrilegious, abusive) words against Moses and against God."
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God."
So they talked some men into saying, "We heard Stephen say terrible things against Moses and God!"
So they secretly persuaded some men to allege, "We heard him speak blasphemously against Moshe and against God."
Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.
So they told some men to say, "We heard Stephen say bad things against Moses and against God!"
Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God.
Then they sent men and instructed them to say, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"
Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"
Then they induced some men to be saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
Then they secretly induced men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moshe and God."
So they secretly got some men to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."1 Kings 21:10,13; Matthew 26:59-60;">[xr]
Then they sent men and instructed them to say, We have heard him speak words of blasphemy against Musha and against Aloha.
Then they sent men, and instructed them to say: We have heard him speak words of blasphemy, against Moses and against God.
Then they priuilie prepared men, whiche sayde, we haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moyses, and agaynst God.
Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Then they secretly induced men who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then they suborned men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.
Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God."
Thanne thei priueli senten men, that schulden seie, that thei herden hym seiynge wordis of blasfemye ayens Moises and God.
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, "We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God."
So they told other men to say, "We have heard him say things against Moses and God."
Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then, they set on men who were saying - We have heard him speaking profane things against Moses and God.
Then they suborned men to say they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.
Then they secretly instigated men, who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
Then sent they in men which sayd: we have hearde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God.
then they suborned men, saying -- `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'
Then sent they in certayne men, that sayde: We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses, and agaynst God.
they suborned men, who said, we have heard him speak irreverently of Moses, and of God.
When they couldn't beat him, they had some scoundrels lie and say they heard Steve talk crap about Moses, and even God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they: Acts 23:12-15, Acts 24:1-13, Acts 25:3, Acts 25:7, 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13, Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:60, Matthew 28:12-15, John 16:3, Romans 3:8
blasphemous: Acts 6:13, Acts 18:6, Acts 26:11, Leviticus 24:16, 1 Kings 21:10-13, John 10:33-36, 1 Timothy 1:13
against Moses: Acts 7:37-39, Acts 15:21, Acts 21:20-22, Acts 21:28, John 1:17, John 5:45-47, John 9:29, Hebrews 3:2-5
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness Leviticus 19:16 - stand Leviticus 24:11 - blasphemed Psalms 27:12 - false Psalms 52:2 - Thy Proverbs 19:28 - An ungodly witness Isaiah 32:7 - lying Jeremiah 20:10 - Report Jeremiah 26:11 - for he Jeremiah 37:13 - Thou Ezekiel 22:9 - men that carry tales Zechariah 11:3 - for their Matthew 9:3 - This Mark 13:9 - take Mark 14:55 - sought Luke 5:21 - blasphemies John 9:28 - but Acts 7:58 - stoned Acts 24:9 - General
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then they suborned men,.... Hired false witnesses, which seems to have been commonly done by the Jews; so they did in the case of Christ:
which said, we have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God; that is, against the law of Moses, and so against God, who gave the law to Moses, as appears from Acts 6:13 the blasphemous words seem to be, with respect to the ceremonial law, and the abrogation of it, which Stephen might insist upon, and they charged with blasphemy; see Acts 6:14.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then they suborned men - To suborn in law means to procure a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury (Webster). It has substantially this sense here. It means that they induced them to declare what was false, or to bring a false accusation against him. This was done, not by declaring a palpable and open falsehood, but by âpervertingâ his doctrines, and by stating their own âinferencesâ as what he had actually maintained - the common way in which people oppose doctrines from which they differ. The Syriac reads this place, âThen they sent certain men, and instructed them that they should say, etc.â This was repeating an artifice which they had before practiced so successfully in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ. See Matthew 26:60-61.
We have heard ... - When they alleged that they had heard this is not said. Probably, however, they referred to some of his discourses with the people when he performed miracles and wonders among them, Acts 6:8.
Blasphemous words - See the notes on Matthew 9:3. Moses was regarded with profound reverence. His laws they held to be unchangeable. Any intimation, therefore, that there was a greater Lawgiver than he, or that his institutions were mere shadows and types, and were no longer binding, would be regarded as blasphemy, even though it should be spoken with the highest professed respect for Moses. That the Mosaic institutions were to be changed, and give place to another and a better dispensation, all the Christian teachers would affirm; but this was not said with a design to blaspheme or revile Moses. âIn the view of the Jews,â to say that was to speak blasphemy; and hence, instead of reporting what he actually âdidâ say, they accused him of âsayingâ what âtheyâ regarded as blasphemy. If reports are made of what people say, their very âwordsâ should be reported; and we should not report our inferences or impressions as what they said.
And against God - God was justly regarded by the Jews as the giver of theft law and the author of their institutions. But the Jews, either willfully or involuntarily, not knowing that they were a shadow of good things to come, and were therefore to pass away, regarded all intimations of such a change as blasphemy against God. God had a right to change or abolish those ceremonial observances, and it was ânotâ blasphemy in Stephen to declare it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 6:11. Then they suborned men — Ï Ïεβαλον. They made underhand work; got associated to themselves profligate persons, who for money would swear any thing.
Blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. — This was the most deadly charge they could bring against him. We have already seen, Matthew 9:4, that blasphemy, when against GOD, signifies speaking impiously of his nature, attributes, or works; and, when against men, it signifies speaking injuriously of their character, blasting their reputation, c. These false witnesses came to prove that he had blasphemed Moses by representing him as an impostor, or the like and GOD, by either denying his being, his providence, the justice of his government, &c.
